Genesis 50:9
in Genesis 50Chariots and horsemen alike went up with him, and it was an exceedingly large procession.
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ASV
And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it was a very great company.
KJV
And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it was a very great company.
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This verse in Genesis 50
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Then Joseph went to bury his father
on Genesis 50:7-9
The children and the flocks stay behind in Goshen, which holds the company to its return. Chariots and horsemen go up with them toward Canaan. Exodus reverses both, with the little ones and the flocks going out at 10:9 and the chariots following at 14:6.
This site's exposition
it was an exceedingly large procession
Procession translates machaneh, a camp. Jacob used the word at 32:2 when he met the angels of God and named the place Mahanaim. The man who once split his company into two camps in fear of Esau is carried home by a vast one.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen,....
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
This, as our sages of blessed memory say, took place after they interred Jacob. 6 What I.E.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 7 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּ֣עַל | vaiyaal | and it went up | H5927 → | 890 times |
| עִמּ֔וֹ | imo | with him | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| גַּם־ | gam- | both | H1571 → | 769 times |
| רֶ֖כֶב | rekhev | chariotry | H7393 → | |
| גַּם־ | gam- | as well as | H1571 → | 769 times |
| פָּרָשִׁ֑ים | parashim | horsemen | H6571 → | |
| וַיְהִ֥י | vayhi | and it was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֖ה | hamachaneh | the company | H4264 → | 215 times |
| כָּבֵ֥ד | kaved | numerous | H3515 → | 41 times |
| מְאֹֽד׃ | meod | very | H3966 → | 300 times |
וַיַּ֣עַלand it went up
vaiyaalH5927 →890 times
עִמּ֔וֹwith him
imoH5973 →1050 times
גַּם־both
gam-H1571 →769 times
רֶ֖כֶבchariotry
rekhevH7393 →
גַּם־as well as
gam-H1571 →769 times
פָּרָשִׁ֑יםhorsemen
parashimH6571 →
וַיְהִ֥יand it was
vayhiH1961 →3559 times
הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֖הthe company
hamachanehH4264 →215 times
כָּבֵ֥דnumerous
kavedH3515 →41 times
מְאֹֽד׃very
meodH3966 →300 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Exodus 14:28The waters flowed back and covered the chariots and horsemen—the entire army of Pharaoh that had chased the Israelites into the sea. Not one of them survived.
it leads to
- Psalms 78:53
He led them safely, so they did not fear, but the sea engulfed their enemies.
- Psalms 106:9–11
He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; He led them through the depths as through a desert.
- Habakkuk 3:8–10
Were You angry at the rivers, O LORD? Was Your wrath against the streams? Did You rage against the sea when You rode on Your horses, on Your chariots of salvation?
- Psalms 78:53
Through
Exodus 14:7He took 600 of the best chariots, and all the other chariots of Egypt, with officers over all of them.
it leads to
- Exodus 15:4
Pharaoh’s chariots and army He has cast into the sea; the finest of his officers are drowned in the Red Sea.
- Judges 4:3
Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, because Jabin had nine hundred chariots of iron, and he had harshly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years.
- Exodus 15:4
Through
Genesis 46:29Joseph prepared his chariot and went there to meet his father Israel. Joseph presented himself to him, embraced him, and wept profusely.
it leads to
- Luke 15:20
So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still in the distance, his father saw him and was filled with compassion. He ran to his son, embraced him, and…
- Luke 15:20
Through
Song of Solomon 1:9I compare you, my darling, to a mare among Pharaoh’s chariots.
it leads to
- Song of Solomon 2:13
The fig tree ripens its figs; the blossoming vines spread their fragrance. Arise, come away, my darling; come away with me, my beautiful one.”
- Song of Solomon 2:10
My beloved calls to me, “Arise, my darling. Come away with me, my beautiful one.
- Song of Solomon 2:13
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.